AFC expands medical excellence network
March 20 – The AFC Medical Committee has approved the recognition of two new healthcare providers as part of the AFC Medical Centre of Excellence network at its second meeting held virtually on Tuesday.
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Australia, Uzbekistan win AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 and 2029 hosting rights
March 15 – Football Australia and the Uzbekistan Football Association (UFA) have been nominated as the recommended Host Associations for the 2026 and 2029 editions of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.
Asian Cup 2023 smashes records across the board for Qatar edition
March 13 – The 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar that was played January 12 to February 11 this year broke just about every AFC record in the book, from attendances to broadcast coverage.
Al Hilal progress to semi-final of AFC Champions League with victory that breaks world record for consecutive wins
March 13 – Saudi side Al Hilal have broken the world record for top flight consecutive wins, moving to 28 matches in all competitions – more than any team in football history.
AFC Asian Cup hits close to 8bn digital impressions
March 12 – The 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar, played in Jan-Feb this year, generated nearly eight billion digital impressions across all of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s digital channels.
AFC reports 41 member associations running International Women’s Day promotions
March 8 – The AFC and its member associations have run their 10th edition of AFC Women’s Football Day to promote the progress of women’s football in Asia, coinciding with International Women’s Day.
AFC launches Social Responsibility Toolkit to help MAs build capacity
February 19 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has launched the first-ever AFC Social Responsibility Toolkit as part of its ‘long-standing commitment’ to bring about beneficial change by ‘harnessing the power of football’.
Qatar’s Akram Afif ponders move to Europe
February 14 – He lit up the Asian Cup for the host nation but will he ultimately be Europe-bound again?
AFC appoints members to its Reform Taskforce
February 13 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed the members of its AFC Reform Taskforce for the 2023 to 2027 term.
Smiling Klinsmann faces the wrath of South Korean expectation
February 7 – Jurgen Klinsmann has said he has no plan to resign from the Korean coaching job despite their loss to tournament minnows Jordan in the semi-final of the Asian Cup last night.
Indonesia win first-ever AFC eAsian Cup title in Qatar
February 7 – Indonesia may have exited the Asian Cup in Qatar at the group stage, but their eSports team are leaving with the eAsian Cup trophy.
Saudi Arabia set to host 8-team WAFF Women’s Championship this month
February 6 – Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Women’s Championship later this month – the first championship 11-a-side women’s tournament to be held in the Kingdom.
Asian Cup 2023 hits 1.5bn digital engagement mark after 10 days
January 23 – In the first 10 days of the Asian Cup Qatar 2023 the AFC is reporting that its digital channels have already smashed the record engagement numbers achieved at the 2019 finals in the UAE.
Financial trader Pepperstone signs on for AFC Asian Cup regional partnership
January 22 – With the Asian Cup gathering momentum and growing attendances in Qatar for the last round of group games starting this week, the AFC has unveiled financial Forex and CFD specialist Pepperstone as an Official Regional Partner.
Chung going again as AFC announces candidates for executive committee elections
January 19 – The Asian Football Confederation has announced the candidates for election to two executive committee posts that will be appointed at the confederation’s 34th Annual Congress in May in Bangkok, Thailand.
